Statement on behalf of the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants in opposition to HR 2657; Before the Committee on the Judiciary; House of Representatives 80th Congress, Second Session; H. R. 2657
Abstract
The Society does not in any way oppose the provisions of HR 2657 which seek to facilitate the admission of lawyers to practice before administrative agencies. Nor does it oppose proper regulation of administrative practitioners to protect the public when the needs of the public have been determined by investigation and the regulations are appropriate to the needs so determined. The Society does, however, oppose most vigorously those provisions of the Bill, which, unsupported by investigation and in sharp contrast to the provisions affecting lawyers, drastically cut down, limit and restrict the practice before administrative agencies which is now and has for many years been carried on by certified public accountants and other experts.
This paper has been withdrawn.